Oil-can.



No. 699,059. Patented Apr. 29, |902.v

' G. B. ARCHER.

OIL CAN.

(Application led Dec. 6, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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GAINES BANISTER ARCHER, OF BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMAAv I 'OIL-CAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 699,059, dated .April 29, 19702. Application tiled December 6, 1901.v Serial No. 84,949, (No model.)

To @ZZV/71,011!! it' may concern;

Be it known that I, GAINEs BANISTER ARCHER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Birmingham, in the county ot Jefferson and State of Alabama, have invented expensive article of the character speciiied which will be eilfectual in the performance of its intended functions.

With these objects in view my invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts, which will be hereinafter described, and pointed ont in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective of my improved oil-can, and Fig. 2 is a view in vertical section through the spout and valve.

The receptacle A for containing the oil may be ot' any size and material and, it desired, provided with a handle 1 orother means for holding and carrying it. At the top it is provided with a screw-cap 2, which screwsonto the threaded neck 3 ofthe oritice 4, in through which the can or receptacle A is replenished with oil. In the cap 2 a spring-actuated valve 6 has sliding connection, the spring normally holding the vvalve upward or in closed position, it being provided with a packing 7 to insure a complete closure ot the opening8,throughwhichitslides. Thespring 9 normally holds it closed, andwhen it is desired to allow the oil to low out through the spout air is admitted into the can or receptacle by the simple actof placing the thumb or Aiinger upon thevalve and depressing it.

B indicates the spout. to the can or receptacle, 'preferably at one side thereof. Its lower end has a screw-cap 9 swiveled to it, and by means of this screwcap the spout is connected rotatably and removably with the threaded nipple l0, pro- This is connected jecting from the side ofv the can or receptacle.

The outer end of this nipple has a gasket 11, of

rubber, leather, or other soft material, which constitutes a packing to render the joint thus formed between it and the spout water or, properly speaking, oil tight. 'lo remove the spout the screw-cap is merely unscrewed and the spout removed. v To turn the spout, it is simply necessary to swing it around from its upturned position to the opposite, or vice versa. At the upper end a cap 12 is provided to close the spout, and this cap is connected to the can or receptacle byachain or other means 13. Vhen this chained or attached cap is applied to the open end of the spout, it prevents the spout from accidentally turning to its lowered position. From the inner end of thenipple a pipe 14 leads downwardly inside of the can or receptacle, its open lower end terminating just above the bottom ofthe can or receptacle, allowing just sufficient space for the entrance of oil from the lowest part of the can or receptacle thereinto. Obviously this pipe le could take a more circuitous direction through the can or receptacle. Also the spout could, if desired, lead from ahigher or lower point on the side of the can or receptacle.

In operation the spout is swung around to its lowered position, as indicated` by dotted lines, permitting the siphonic action to cause the flow of oil down through it, the valve at the top being depressed to admit air. Vthen suflicient oil has been discharged, to check it the spout is swung upward and the attached cap is placed overits open end, closing it and preventing it froinaccidentally turning far enough for the oilto escape so long as the cap is in place on the spout.

It is evident Vthat this automatic oil-can could be used for various other purposes where the decanting of aliquid is a desideratum. It is also evident that slight changes might be resorted to in form and arrangement of the several parts described without departing from the spirit'and scope of my invention, and hence I do not Wish to limit myself to the exact construction herein set forth; but,

Having fully described myinvention, what Iclaim as new, and desire to'secure by Letters Patent, is 'I V 1'. The combinationwith a can or receptacle having a threaded nipple on the side thereof,

and a pipe leading from the inner end thereof, and opening adjacent to the bottom ofthe can or receptacle, of a spout, a screw-cap to which the spout is swiveled, said cap adapted to be removably screwed to the nipple, and a packing-gasket interposed between the nipple and cap.

2. The combination with a can oi receptacle havingathreaded nipple on the side thereof, and a pipe leading from the inner end thereof, and opening adjacent to the bottom of the can or receptacle, of a spout, a screw-cap to which the spout is swiveled, said cap adapted to be removably screwed to the nipple, a pack- GAINES BANISTER ARCHER.

Witnesses:

DAVID LAWSON MAssEY, VALONZO HENRY SIMMs. 

